Friday Focus: Mark Carney gets a Boomer boost and Trump wants a nuclear deal
Friday Focus: Mark Carney gets a Boomer boost and Trump wants a nuclear deal
Rudyard and Janice open today’s show with their key takeaway from the Canadian election: Mark Carney’s functional minority was delivered to him by the Boomers who want to protect their assets and wealth accumulation, often at the expense of the younger generation who are faced with poor job prospects and an inflated housing market. Governments need to address these conflicting demographic interests and provide a pathway to financial security for our young people. In the second half of the show Rudyard and Janice turn to the ongoing nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran. The new agreement being discussed is very similar to Obama’s JCPOA, a deal that Trump backed out of in his first term in office. Why does Trump want to pursue a deal with Iran at the expense of the security of their close ally Israel? How are the Saudis influencing Trump’s foreign policy in the Middle East? And will Israel be forced to go against Trump and strike Iran’s nuclear facilities on their own?
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